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Lots of directions to go here I guess that’s the naurte of the discussion! I’m keen to steer this back onto ethics, but the point about metaphysics is key. Ethics is a prescriptive endeavour, is metaphysical and is based on a qualitative (rather than quantitative) ontology not to mention a teleology that is prescriptive rather than descriptive. Science, with it’s naturalist ontology (and methodology), and descriptive teleology cannot engage in prescriptive ethical consideration. Dale

1. Alot of Americans spend their last days in an ICU, and that much of the money used for end-of-life services is wtased.2. Where do we draw the line between prolonging death and extending life?3. The documentary shedded new light on our health care system and how they deal with end-of-life situations. One of the most crucial point it made was how our health care system defies the rules of supply and demand, making supply drive its own demand. It also made a key point about the overspending of taxpayer money on end-of-life services, with 30 percent of hospital stays deemed unnecessary.

1.75% of amercians die in a hlpistoe or nursing home. Most doctors get paid by the number of patients they have see and others get paid for the patients they admitte.2.With out of control health care this can cause america bankrupcy.No matter what individuals will continue to waste their money knowing they will die very soon.At first they will suffer inside the hlpistoe for a couple of months and began to die slowly3.This video shows how medicare pays for procedures that becomes a waste of money.But, I think the only reason its wasted is because the elderly is afraid to die. So they ll do what ever they can to stay alive and their medicare is required to help them.